Tanahun/bajhang, June 13 -- With the rising number of Covid-19 cases across the country and delays in laboratory processing of swab samples, local governments in Tanahun and Bajhang districts have decided to buy their own polymerase chain reaction machines to expedite testing.

The heads of all 10 local governments in Tanahun met on Thursday in Myagde Rural Municipality, and decided to purchase a PCR machine for the district. According to Hariram Nagila, administrative officer at Myagde, the meeting decided to install the machine at the Shuklagandaki-based GP Koirala National Centre for Respiratory Diseases.

"The local governments have rescued hundreds of people returning from India and other places within the country and kept them in qu...